Dollars and Sense: Making dollars and talking sense….leveraged finance

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution of leveraged finance, focusing on high yield bonds and leveraged loans, and the recent changes in the market.

Ashley Wright and Tim van der Weyden Leveraged Finance Portfolio Managers, join Mike Reed, Head of Global Financial Institutions, to explain high yield bonds and leveraged loans. They discuss how the market has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent years, evolving from its reputation as a speculative ‘junk bond’ space into a sophisticated, well-regulated asset class offering compelling, risk-adjusted returns. Yet despite attractive yields, recent turmoil in private credit markets ha...

People in this episode

Host: Mike Reed

Guests: Ashley Wright, Tim van der Weyden

Topics covered

• leveraged finance
• high yield bonds
• leveraged loans
• private credit markets
• risk-adjusted returns

Keywords

• leveraged finance
• high yield bonds
• leveraged loans
• private credit
• risk-adjusted returns

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Organizations: RBC BlueBay Asset Management

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